LUX ttUJNESEE FARMER. 



Consumption of Wool for the Armt.— It is estimated 

 that a complete outfit for an American soldier requires 25 

 lbs. of raw or unmanufactured wool. From the excessive 

 wear and tear in time of war, and losses from various 

 causes, it is thought that on an average each soldier re- 

 quires three outfits per annum. 



At the lowest estimate we shall soon have over a million 

 men in the field. The annual consumption of wool for 

 army purposes, therefore, will amount to the enormous 

 quantity of seventy-five million pounds! According to 

 the census of 1850, the product of the whole United States 

 amounted to only fifty-one million lbs. ! It is now un- 

 doubtedly much larger— perhaps double— but at all events 

 this extraordinary demand for wool, especially for the 

 coarser grades, cannot fail to insure high prices. 



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Ripening Graphs.— The Country Gentleman says, a hor- 

 ticulturist in New Bedford— where the sea winds are often 

 injurious if trained to a common trellis— has succeeded 

 admirably in ripening his grapes by training them to a 

 low, nearly level trellis, under which is placed quite a 

 quantity of rocks, so that the grapes are but a few inches 

 above the rocks. This gives them protection from the 

 winds, and the reflection from the stone causes them to 

 ripen their fruit a fortnight sooner than when in a differ- 

 ent position. 



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Blackberry Wine.— At the last meeting of the N. Y 



Farmers' Club, Mrs. Ham presented a sample of black 

 berry wine made as follows : 1 quart of juice, 2 quarts of 

 water, 3 lbs. of sugar, fermented in casks and drawn into 

 bottles, corked and sealed, and kept two years. It was 

 well liked. A blackberry cordial for sick soldiers was 

 also recommended, to be made as follows : 1 quart of 

 juice, 1 pint of water, 1 pound of sugar, spices; mixture 

 allowed to boil; when cool, add half pint brandy. 



Agricultural Items. 



PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR THE QENK8BE FARMER 



An " Ordnance Plow," it is said, has been patem 

 firm in Waterloo, N. Y., for the benefit of farmers 

 Border States, who are liable to attacks from gut 

 It resembles an ordinary plow, and can be used a; 

 but the beam is peculiar, being cylindrical or 

 shaped, and provided with a bore of sufficient cal 

 throw a shot of from one to three pounds weight, 

 be sighted and manoeuvred almost as conveniently : 

 I artillery on wheels. 



Mr. Birdsell, of Mendon, in this county, infor 

 that the best crop of wheat in that town, this ye; 

 on a field from which a crop of clover was mon 

 year, and the sod turned over in a week or two aftt 

 the wheat sown in the fall without again plowing, 

 surface was cleaned and mellowed by the use of the 

 cultivator, harrow, &c. The wheat was put in wi 

 drill. 



Harper & Brothers, of New York, have in press 

 work on Wine Making, by Mr. Haraszthy. ,Mr. I 

 appointed a year or two ago, by the Governor of C 

 nia, to visit Europe for the purpose of collecting vai 

 of the grape adapted to that State, and to obtain inf 

 tion in regard to its culture. His book will be look, 

 with interest. 



A Good Clip.— Mr. Christopher Winne, of Perinton 

 in this county, informs us that he sheared from 132 sheep 

 944 pounds of wool, well-washed and clean, or about 7 

 pounds 2£ ounces each. The sheep were ordinary Meri- 

 nos, most of them two-year old wethers. They were well 

 fed last winter, having, in the language of Mr. W., " all 



Mr. Atherton's herd of Shorthorns was sold at i 

 on the 15th of July. Forty-two animals were sold 

 average price of $375. Mr. Cornell, President o 

 N. Y. State Ag. Society bought a two year old heife 

 $500. At this sale, three Kentucky bred Shorthorn.- 

 ported by Mr. Alexander, sold for $305, $315 and $] 



In an Essay " On Recent Improvements in Hay-: 

 ing, by Robert Smith," commended by the Royal i 

 cultural Society of England, the common revol 

 American hay-rake is highly spoken of. It is being 

 tensively introduced into England. He says if will ga 

 two acres per hour. 



Mr. Sanday, of Yorkshire, Eng., has one of the fi: 



the grain they could eat." Mr. W. thinks the " State of I fl ° Ck ' S ° f Leicester shee P in the ^orld. In fact, he i 



I the Leicester what Jonas Webb is to the South Dow 

 At his last auction sale, 72 rams brought an itveragf 



New York never beat it." Is this so? 



Frost and Worms.— R. G. Pardee, of New York, says : 

 " The worms were troublesome in my garden last year, 

 and I watched for the last day that I could spade it up 

 before freezing. That night the newly-spaded earth froze 

 solid, and finished off the worms effectually. I have no 

 doubt it saved my crop of grapes this year." 



Sorghum Wine.— We have received from the Rev. A. 

 Mters, of Springfield, Ohio, a sample oi his wine made 

 from Sorghum. By referring to our advertising columns 

 it will be seen that Mr. M. has published a treatise on its 

 manufacture, &c. 



The Genesee Farmer still continues its long career as a 

 cheap useful agricultural periodical. The present number 

 has an interesting table of contents, and is very well illus- 

 trated in the horticultural department, which is of special 

 ivtevmt.— Kingston (C. W.) Dally News. 



$132 each. One two year old ram brought $700. 



Mr. Crippen, of Coldwater, Mich., lost his Shorth. 

 bull, Wellington, last winter. He was found dead in 

 stall in the morniug, and no cause of his death could 

 discovered. He was the only animal in the State w 

 Grand Turk blood in his veins. 



R. G. Pardee, the author of a book on the Strawben 

 at the last meeting of the New York Farmers' Club, s« 

 his list of six strawberries was, Wilson, Hooker, Hov< 

 Longworth's Prolific, Burr's New Pine, and Triomphe 

 Gand. 



At the late Fair of the Royal Ag. Society of Englan 

 Mr. Fowler sold $70,000 worth of his steam plows ! Tl 

 agricultural implement makers of England are reaping 

 harvest out of the visitors at the International Exhibitio: 



The Great International Exhibition is estimated to hJ 

 added a million of visitors to the population of London. 



